Bethany Christian Debate Tournament

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General information

This is a High School tournament in Indiana.

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Hello Coaches,

Welcome to our tournament.  Debate rounds begin at 8:30 A.M. Eastern time. We will offer one open division only in all events. 

Please bring one judge per two main event entries (CX, LD, PF, WSD, BQD) and one per five Congress entries. 

Please note that the physical size of our school necessitates restrictions on total size of entries. Those overall limits are 10 for CX, 20 entries for BQD, LD and PFD, 10 for WSD, and 50 for Congress.  I apologize for those of you with large programs.  I realize this may put you as a coach in a difficult position in terms of deciding who competes and who does not, but I cannot simply add more rooms to our school. When you complete your entry, please enter names and don't just place-hold entries without names.  In fairness, I am limiting individual school entries to 5 for BQD, PF and LD, two for WSD, and 15 for Congress.  Once the registration picture becomes clearer, I will allow you to add more entries in events that can handle them.  

​The Policy debate topic is Resolved: The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States.  

The PFD resolution will be Resolved: European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Big Questions Debate:   Technological progress has surpassed humanity’s ability to use it ethically.

Congress bills to be debated: posted on the "Files for Download" tab. Students will set the orders of the day and select their own presiding officers.

The Lincoln-Douglas topic will be the same for both novice and varsity divisions: 

Resolved:  De-extinction is unethical.

WSD prepared motion -- teams will debate AFF/NEG for the following, and have two impromptu motions: This House would ban private automobiles in the central business districts of all major metropolitan areas.

Blessings,

Michael

Manager contact information

Michael Yeakey
Email address: mayeakey@bethanycs.net
Phone number: 574.333.1196

Mailing address

2904 S. Main Street
Goshen, IN 46526